New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG Broadcast Audio + Music Mix

The Show

Music City rang in 2025 with the fourth-annual Big Bash — five hours, forty-plus acts, broadcast live on CBS.

A downtown outdoor concert capped by the Music Note Drop and a fireworks finale, hosted by Keith Urban and Rachel Smith. RPG delivered the broadcast audio and music mix end-to-end from the Gemini truck, with venue PA support for the in-park audience.

Format: Live broadcast audio + music mix for CBS & Paramount+ stream + venue PA
Hosts: Keith Urban · Rachel Smith
Headliners: Kane Brown, Jelly Roll
Notable acts: Luke Combs, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Brooks & Dunn, Megan Moroney
Run of show: Five-hour live block · 40+ back-to-back performances · midnight Music Note Drop & pyro
Distribution: CBS national broadcast · Paramount+ stream
Audience: Bicentennial Capitol Mall · 4.9M primetime viewers · 6.9M during the midnight window

RPG's Scope of Work

Broadcast audio and music mix in sub-freezing conditions, end-to-end from the Gemini truck.

Broadcast audio production: Live audio for CBS national broadcast and Paramount+ stream
Music mix: Forty-plus back-to-back performances mixed across the five-hour block
Truck: RPG's Gemini — Lawo mc²96 broadcast / mix console
Cold-weather ops: Climate-controlled mix position, weather-rated cabling
Audio engineering: Systems, comms, recording, fiber transmission to broadcast plant
Crew: [A1, A2, monitor engineer, RF tech, recording — fill in leads]

Technical Specs

The audio kit list — Gemini truck

Broadcast / mix console: Lawo mc²96 (Gemini truck)
Channel count: 96 channels mixed for the broadcast feed
Mic plan: [Per-act handheld + instrument + ambient counts — supply from job folder]
Recording: Multitrack capture with redundant Pro Tools rigs
Mix delivery: Stereo + 5.1 · fiber to broadcast plant with bonded-cellular backup

From the Show Floor

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG broadcast audio engineer at the Lawo mc²96 mix console aboard the Gemini truck — At the broadcast mix

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG outboard rack and patch in the Gemini broadcast audio truck — Outboard rack & patch

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG broadcast audio engineer monitoring the CBS show feed during the live mix — Riding the show feed

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG broadcast audio engineers collaborating at the Lawo mc²96 console — Two-up at the console

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG multi-monitor broadcast mix position aboard the Gemini truck — Multi-monitor mix position

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG broadcast audio engineer at the Lawo mc²96 mix desk — Engineer at the desk

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG Gemini broadcast audio truck mix room with the CBS stage feed visible — Mix room with stage feed

Nashville's Big Bash 2024 — RPG broadcast audio crew at the Lawo mc²96 console at end of show — End-of-show at the console

Results & Impact

What it added up to

Reach: 4.9M primetime viewers · 6.9M during the midnight window · streaming on Paramount+
Run: Five-hour live block, 40+ back-to-back performances, midnight Music Note Drop
Production wins: Zero on-air audio dropouts; clean mix handoff at midnight on the dot
Press: Highest-rated country-music broadcast of the year (recurring)
Follow-on: [Renewals / referrals from this show]

6.9M

Peak broadcast viewers

40+

Performances mixed live

100%

On-air uptime